Organization will provide trees to families identified by local partner charities

Tustin, Calif. — Dec. 6, 2012 —On Saturday, December 8th, We Will Serve, a non-profit organization that enables parents and caregivers to provide their children with clothing and essential items throughout the year, will deliver more than 425 Christmas trees as part of its fifth annual Christmas Tree Blessing. We Will Serve will deliver trees to families identified by its partner charities including Children’s Bureau, Miracles for Kids, MIKA, Fristers and Colette’s
Children’s Home.

“We partner with We Will Serve to reach families in the community that would otherwise go without a Christmas tree – a vital visual reminder of this special time of year” said Eric Heard, men’s pastor at Mariners Church. “We are honored to be a part of this on-going outreach of the holiday spirit that brightens the lives of children.” added Denise Ristenpart, director of foster and at risk youth at
Mariners Church.

Trees are provided at no cost to families using funds raised by the organization and its primary sponsor, Mariners Church. Tree distribution begins on Saturday, December 8th at 9:00 a.m. with volunteers meeting at the church’s Irvine location for get delivery assignments.

“We Will Serve started the Christmas Tree Blessing in 2008 when it became clear that many of the families we served throughout the year with clothing and other necessities were going without Christmas trees,” said Josephine Sexton, founder and president of We Will Serve. “We love seeing the faces of the kids when we drop off their Christmas tree – they just light up! This is a time for celebration and we’re honored to help bring Christmas to these families.”

About We Will ServeWe Will Serve is a valuable resource that has reached more than 2,000 families representing more than 8,000 people during the past five years. The organization provides children’s clothing and essential baby items to families in need. We Will Serve allows families to choose from a large selection of items based on the needs of the family. Clothing and items are neatly organized and hung on racks, free of stains and signs of wear. Items provided include clothing and shoes for newborns to teenagers, strollers, newborn essentials, formula, baby bottles, diapers, baby wipes, car seats and boosters, and other essential items. The organization is centrally located in Santa Ana near the 55 and 5 freeways. Donations are accepted online at http://www.wewillserve.org/donations. More information is available at www.WeWillServe.org and https://www.facebook.com/pages/We-Will-Serve-Ministries.

We Will Serve is a non-profit public benefit corporation and is not organized for the private gain of any person. It is organized under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for charitable purposes (501c3).

Also, a special thank you to Home Depot Santa Ana and Manager Lyndie Lewis for donating the carpet and Kelsey Michaels Art Group (Kelsey and Michael Irvin) for donating the funds for the remodel!

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Dec 21, 2011

This year’s Christmas Tree Distribution took place on December 10th in coordination with Mariner’s Church Irvine. 235 families were blessed with Christmas Trees thanks to the generous donations of Mariner’s Church members and We Will Serve. The trees were staged on Friday December 9th at the faclilities building at the church, and on Saturday morning volunteers flooded the campus to pick up and deliver the trees to families in Orange County. The trees were delivered throughout the day with the final delivery taking place shorty after midnight (Sunday morning). Thanks goes out to all of the volunteers that showed up and gave of their time to bless others and make this event a tremendous success!

We Will Serve donated and distributed hundreds of clothing items to families in need at the Lestonnec/Mariners Free Medical Clinic on Saturday June 4th in Santa Ana. Hundreds of families braved the heat to receive free dental exams, and primary medical care. We Will Serve managed the distribution of clothing to each individual that attended the clinic. Lestonnec is a first class operation, and WWS is proud to be able to serve alongside them.

We Will Serve participated in a free dental and medical clinic on March 5th in Los Alamitos. The clinic was sponsored by Mariners Church and Lestonnac Free Clinic, who have been providing basic medical and dental services to Orange Counties families since 1979. We WIll Serve distributed clothing to hundreds of individuals at the clinic throughout the day.